The 2004 Lemon List

NFS4

No Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
72,636
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http://www.lemonlaw.com/lemonlist.html

MODEL COMPLAINT INDEX RATIO
Subaru Impreza 27,952
Infiniti I35 21,372
Audi A4 18,943
Ford Escape 14,441
Ford Focus 13,346
Acura RSX 11,657
Pontiac Aztek 11,537
Ford Excursion 10,277
Mitsubishi Eclipse 9,691
Jeep Liberty 9,450
Chevrolet Corvette 9,214
Chevrolet Blazer 7,938
Suzuki Grand Vitara 7,385
Volkswagen Passat 6,687
Honda Insight 6,496
Volkswagen Jetta 6,152
Acura TL 6,058
Suzuki Vitara 5,913
Land Rover Freelander 5,589
Audi A6 5,571
Dodge Caravan 5,561
Jeep Grand Cherokee 5,235
Honda S2000 5,162
GMC Yukon 5,094
Dodge Neon 5,045
 

andylawcc

Lifer
Mar 9, 2000
18,183
3
81
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don't you think your Summary Line is a bit bias?

Impreza wasn't mentioned there, while the Focus and the Escape weren't even the second or third runner up. The Neon, in fact, is the lowest ranking one.



yes, I know, no one would ever believe the A4, i35, and the Impreza would rank all the way up there.
 

NFS4

No Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
72,636
47
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Originally posted by: andylawcc
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don't you think your Summary Line is a bit bias?

Impreza wasn't mentioned there, while the Focus and the Escape weren't even the second or third runner up. The Neon, in fact, is the lowest ranking one.



yes, I know, no one would ever believe the A4, i35, and the Impreza would rank all the way up there.[/quote]

The Focus, Escape, Neon and VW are All-Stars on the list :D They're always on the list so they get top billing.
 

JulesMaximus

No Lifer
Jul 3, 2003
74,544
924
126
I'm not surprised to see the Subaru Impreza at the top of that list. My friend has one and he's had nothing but problems with it. It sucks when you can't drive a new car from Denver to Los Angeles without the damned thing overheating every few miles. He had it 'fixed' in L.A. only to have it overheat all the way home. :roll:

I am surprised to see a couple Acuras and a Honda on that list.

The usual American junkmobiles are on there though.
 

OS

Lifer
Oct 11, 1999
15,581
1
76
I don't understand at all how the rating works. Is a higher number good or bad? Also there's no explanation on how it's derived.
 

andylawcc

Lifer
Mar 9, 2000
18,183
3
81
should we also put this into consideration: the users themselves?

I see most of the luxury cars made the list while Daewoo and Suzuki didn't (now i am not saying they are bad, I am just saying the cheaper car brands just weren't there). and I think it is because snobbish, "rich but not that rich but act like they are all rich" type of person would own those luxury cars. And they would immediately file a complaint if the blinker wasn't HID or the wiper has no turbo option or the Cup holder cannot fit my Grande Starbucks Frappaccino. (hey, I got love for Starbuck's Frapp! :) )
 

fyleow

Platinum Member
Jan 18, 2002
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Originally posted by: NFS4
Where's Toyota? Nowhere to be found :p

Where's Kia or Hyundai? Nowhere!

Time to buy a new Kia or Hyundai. Better reliability than Honda and Acura. w00t
 

CombatChuk

Platinum Member
Jul 19, 2000
2,008
3
81
It's nice to know that my people have more problems with their Acura RSXs, and TLs, Audi A4. Than my Neon (Which is a 2003 and has been problem free for 31K miles) :p
 

deftron

Lifer
Nov 17, 2000
10,868
1
0
I wonder if the Aztec is one there because people
called up to complain that it's butt ugly.
 

Eli

Super Moderator | Elite Member
Oct 9, 1999
50,419
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I'm shocked to see Subaru at the top of that list.

:brokenheart::(
 

andylawcc

Lifer
Mar 9, 2000
18,183
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I wonder why the Corvette is up in the mix?
maybe buyers were disappointed that it doesn't have a "ludicrious speed" button?
 

RagingBITCH

Lifer
Sep 27, 2003
17,618
2
76
Originally posted by: andylawcc
I wonder why the Corvette is up in the mix?
maybe buyers were disappointed that it doesn't have a "ludicrious speed" button?

Maybe the Corvette buyers are calling to complain about getting smoked by pocket rockets like the WRx STi or Evo :)
 

RagingBITCH

Lifer
Sep 27, 2003
17,618
2
76
Originally posted by: AgaBooga
RSX? S2000?

Does this account for that some cars are sold more than others?

Each year, thousands of Americans call their government to register complaints about their vehicles. The federal government collects this information but has never released it to the general public. The complaint index is based on a ratio of the number of complaints for each vehicle to the sales of that vehicle